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To mark the EU Italian Presidency, the GUE/NGL Group is organising its Study Days in Florence, Italy, from Tuesday 18th to Thursday 20th November at Palazzo degli Affari, Piazza Adua 1.

The event will focus on four main themes: youth and precariousness; neoliberal challenges to culture; TTIP and international trade policies; and asylum policies and migration (see programme below).

The meeting will be an opportunity for an exchange of ideas and the development of joint projects with civil society, trade unionists and activists.

All meetings are open to the press.

The GUE/NGL group is made up of 52 MEPs from across Europe working for peace, solidarity, social justice, equality, democracy and human rights in Europe and beyond. It is the only gender balanced group in the European Parliament.

15.00-16.30 The new challenges to culture Introduction by Curzio MALTESE, MEP Guests' and MEPs' contributions Nadia URBINATI - Columbia University, Professor of Political sciences Giuliano GARAVINI - Member of the "Coordination of Precarious workers in University"

Is European cultural heritage at risk? The impact of budget cuts on cultural goods Salvatore SETTIS - former director of the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, founding member of the European Research Council Georgios KATROUGALOS, MEP

11.15 - 13.00 International instability: Looking at the situation in countries of origin and transit Introduction by Javier COUSO, MEP Guests' and MEPs' contributions Enrico CALAMAI - former Italian Ambassador to Buenos Aires during the 70s, promoter of the Migrants International Tribunal Sara PRESTIANNI - Migreurop Domenico RIZZUTI - President of Italian–Tunisian Forum for Mediterranean Citizenship